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Test Code NT-ProBNP NT-proBNP

Performing Laboratory

Greenbrier Valley Laboratory    304-647-6060   

Specimen Requirements

Serum-Gold top or red top, Heparin Plasma-Green

Minimum volume- 1mL

Specimen Rejection

  • Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
  • Quantity not sufficient
  • Hemolyzed
  • Turbid

Storage and Stability

Room Temperature       3 days
Refrigerated 2-8oC 3 days 
Frozen  12 months     

Avoid repeated freeze thaw cycles. 

Reference Values

0-124 pg/mL

Methodology

Immunometric immunoassay

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Monday through Sunday, Continuously 

AM Collection Expected by 9AM same day
Routine Expected within 24 hrs
Stat Expected within 1 hr once received at GVMC 
Timed Expected results are test dependant